Dear Kate,

There’s a very interesting verse, as you know, in Acts 17:28.  It says “in Him [God] we live, and move, and have our being.”  Think about that for a minute.  That verse means that God is our world—he’s our environment, he’s our habitat.  We live well in Greenville because we understand Greenville.  We know its roads and where its businesses and restaurants are located.  But think about how lost and confused a person would be who didn’t know Greenville.  That person would wander around, probably feeling very afraid or angry, because he or she couldn’t find anything—because he or she doesn’t know Greenville.  Now, in the same way, Kate, a person who doesn’t know God is going to wander around through life, lost and confused, feeling fearful or angry, depressed or despairing, because that person doesn’t understand his or her world—his environment.  If we experience any of these emotional issues, it’s a pretty good indication, most of the time, that we do not know God well enough.  2 Peter 1:2 says that “grace and peace” are “multiplied to you in the knowledge of God.”  Do we lack peace?  Do we want peace?  It is found in the knowledge of God—knowing Him. God is our environment, Kate!  We live and move and have our being in Him!  So if we want to survive and flourish in this environment, we have to know it—we have to understand it!

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These are letters to Kate, my pre-teen daughter.  I have been writing to her about my own journey through the gospel of John, and sharing with her the things I have learned about God.   She loves to read, and I love to write, and so I knew it would be the beginning of a beautiful partnership.  I begin this blog by sharing them with you now.